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PICTURE CORD AND HOOK HANGER. No. 357,312. y Patented-F610. a, '1887.

' d Jffyf UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. EOwLER, OE BROOKLYN, AssIGNOR OE ONE-HALE To ERNEST H. sEEMANN, OE N Ew YORK, N. Y.

PICTURE CORDAND HOOK HANGER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 357,312, dated February 8, 1887.

.Application filed October 23, 1886. Serial No. 217,002. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. FOwLER, a citizen of the United States, residing atBrook- .lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New independent of each other; and it consists,

iirst, in providing the body of thev implement, which is formed to open or turn the gas-pipe key of a chandelier, Sie., with means for hanging picture-hooks, picture-frames and their cords in velevated positions and adjusting them close to thewall; and, secondly, in providing the said implement with means for lowering and raising a windowsash; and, iinally, in other minor details of construction, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying drawings,which clearly illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of mycombination implement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a side view showing the spring clamping device with engaged picture-hook. y

Let A represent a straight rod or shank, serving as the handle of the implement, and which may be composed of two or more sections adapted to be fitted one within the other,y as shown in Fig. 2, so that the handle may be increased in length as occasion may require.

B is a ferrule on the upper end of the han.- dle A, and C a gas-key turner or clamp composed of the two jaws D D', having a wedgeshaped'opening to receive the key. One of these jaws, D', is projected upward a considerable distance above the other, and its extreme edge is turned outwardly and inclining downwardly to form the inclined lip or flange E. This prolonged jaw, with the projecting iange,

is made to serve an independent purposehas been drawn away from the wall. In both of these cases, as well as all others where my implement is specially applicable, the object to be adjusted is beyond the stretch of the hand, and could only be reached by mounting on an elevation.

v A second obj ect is to provide means for holding a picture-hook while it is being carried up and adjusted over the elevated molding which surrounds the wall of the room, land to accomplish this I provide in the central part of the lip or iiange a recess, F, which is made large enough to hold the largest size of hook as well as the smallest.

Gr G are spring-arms, between which the hook is clamped, as seen in Fig. 3. This spring is preferably formed out of a single length of wire secured around pins H H, projecting from the elongated jaw D', the free ends of the wire being bent upward and their extremity turned over and inward, as shown at I, to form clamp-arms to embrace thehook. As seen in Fig. 3, the hook l is placed in the recess in the lip and held between the springarms in the proper upright position to enable it to be hooked over the molding, which is done by raising the implement and engaging the hook over the same,when bya slight pull downward the hook will be released from the spring. This forms a second feature of my combination.

From the shorter jaw, D, of the main body of the implement projects upwardlya wire, J, which is bent to approximate somewhat the shape of the letter S, and so as to form ahook end, K. The purpose of this hook is to permit the holding of a picture-cord in order to raise the attached picture and suspend it from a nail in the upper part of the wall. accomplishing this the angeE will be brought into requisition to push the cord back against the wall. This is one ofthe essential features of my combination.

On the under side of the hook end K is provided a lug, T, which has its under surface serrated or roughened,so as to enable it to bite or take hold of the article with which itis brought into contact. The purpose of this latter device is to afford a means of .drawing When i down aWindow-sasl1,whieh is accomplished The combination implement herein de- 1o bybringing the lug into contaettherewith and scribed7 comprising the handle A, having pulling downward. jaws D D', with flange E, clamping device G, The above several devices, as shown in the hook K, and lug T, all arranged as and for 5 combination, may vary slightlyin general form the purposes seb forth.

and construction Without materially affecting GEORGE B. FOVVLER. the nature of my combined implement; and Vtnesses:

What; I claim, and desire to secure by Let- K. NEWELL, ters Patent, ism S. J. JONES. 

